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ukrainian soldiers, welcome us, pledges of more help. but russia's president blasted the patriot missile system as old. the battle for the eastern city of buck, motor reports, thousands of soldiers on both sides, have been killed as the fighting reaches a stalemate. ah, i'm huh, jim, jim, this is al 0 alive from door. have also coming up the u. s. braces for what's called a bomb cyclone, is facing a white christmas that could be the coldest. in decades. a hospital in china's biggest city says half the population of 25000000. could be infected with coven 19 by the end of next week, plus singing in the face of hardship, a one london primary school is dealing with pressure on public services in the you . k. use.

bellotta, merlin skis, one day trip to the u. s. is being held as a success by ukrainians. but russia says pledges of support, including the patriot missile defense system are only fueling conflict. president vladimir putin says the fighting in ukraine has become a proxy war with the u. s. using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own. and he dismisses the patriot system as quite old, insisting russia will find an antidote to it. defense minister sergey show you visited troops on what the russian military says was the front line, although no location was given. all the while the fighting continues back. moot is the latest focus with reports, thousands of soldiers had been killed in the battle for the eastern city. zelinski met his polish counterpart on j duda on his way back to ukraine. the poles had been one of keep staunchest allies separately. zalinski has been invited to brussels for a ukraine, e u summit in february over them,

his social emotional hazard. we're coming back from washington. we're coming back with good results. the ones that will really help us determine that the victory will be ours. glory to every warrior of ours, glory to every one who protects our country. and we bring to ukraine to don bass to back mirth, and the south decisions which our defense courses awaited so little to day in a special format one on one we discussed with the reader, our corp you. i told him what i heard in the us, which was about our strategic vision of the upcoming year. we're getting ready. we strengthen ours joint forces matches new articles that are pretty rude with us regarding patriot marseilles, it's a relatively old system. it doesn't work as well as our is 300. no. nonetheless, those who were confronting us say this as a defense of weapon. well ok, but they will always be an antidote. so the people who are doing this are doing it in vain. it's just prolonging the conflict. that's all, had your nickel said i am holder, has more from russia's capital. moscow has said clearly today that

all 8 sent to ukraine by the united states patriot systems or other would be legitimate targets to the russian army. also, the personnel that might be deployed with such systems to train or to operate the systems would be also a target for the russian army. we have heard this clearly by the spokesperson of the kremlin misty post school. and also today there was something very important spoken by the chief of. 5 staff of the russian army general to get us the more he said that the united states is active, the in getting involved in this conflict through sending ad supplying more weapons to clean this what moscow has clearly said it will respond to the more arms being sent by the united states and other european and nate 2 countries to ukraine,

that are also another scenario that would be possible. but it's not clear if russia would resort to such an option that would be launching an attack from the beloved bonaire russian territory. so best that would facilitate the russian army, reaching the city often leave and thus cutting the main road that supplies weapons to ukraine through poland. the u. s. congress has cleared the biggest defense budget to date, which includes support for ukraine, anti one, and one of her last acts as speaker of the house of representatives. nancy pelosi signed the $858000000000.00 bill. it's about $45000000000.00 more than president joe biden recommended. it now goes to his desk for final approval. the budget includes a 4.6 percent pay increase for military personnel on the ground in ukraine. the city of buck mode continues to be the center of fighting with russia,

focusing its attacks there. the so farm ukrainian forces have held their ground in a territory that russia could use to advance on other cities. president lensky has accused moscow of turning the city into burnt ruins. charles stratford is monitoring the fighting from keith. buck moot is undeniably one of the hottest places along that 1300 kilometer front line. it's a city that has been full for with increasing intensity. i suppose over the last 5 months of this 10 months war and it's bad to say that suddenly in the last month or so, the russians have made very little advance. we know that the fighting is especially a tense in the east of the city. this is a place that is now being called a meat grinder, and that's with reference to that world war will. one battle is a very done with tens of thousands of soldiers were killed. we understand the

thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the battle for back moot, many civilians as well. we also know that there are still surprisingly quite a few civilians in that town. refusing to leave la z, as is usually the case because they have nowhere else to go and they're worried about their properties. but mood is strategically important because it is potentially a gateway to other large cities in the don't it's region, the city of criminals and slob yonce. but it's fair to say that the situation has come to a very brutal war of attrition and a stalemate. russia says talks on the security of ukraine's up a risha nuclear power plant will continue following a meeting with the head of the winds. nuclear watchdog, raphael grossi wants a safe zone around the russian occupied facility. it's europe's largest nuclear

power plant. it is repeatedly come under shelling since being captured by russian troops in march, raising fears of a disaster. russia and ukraine, blame each other for targeting the facility. a severe winter storm is sweeping across the us. the snow and extremely cold weather coincides with the start of the holiday travel season. particle haine has the latest for many wishing for a white christmas, but not like this. a massive storm is sweeping across the entire us. 75 percent of the population will be living with freezing temperatures by weeks at the storm. extreme, cold weather you can see on the map the estimated areas you know, as low as 50 degrees, where it said dark red pillows, 0 days threatening. this is really a very serious weather alert here. it's a storm so big. it has a name elliott, the ice apocalypse is coming upon us. the talk concern the temperature on wednesday

in wyoming, the temperature dropped 17 degrees celsius in just 9 minutes. meteorologist are predicting, the storm will soon get another name because of that. a bomb psych loan, that is when the atmospheric pressure drops at least $24.00 mill bars over 24 hours . the same pressure as a category 3 hurricane. and it's going to be widespread, sweeping down to the south as far as texas and other states that usually don't experience extreme cold. heavy snowfall will also be an issue with wind gusts expected in some places, as high as 80 kilometers an hour. that can create white out conditions and the potential for people to become trapped in their cars, in temperatures that can be fatal. and it's coming right in the middle of the busiest travel season of the year. thousands of flights have been canceled, hired dr. hungry just hopeless. honestly, the national weather service is calling this storm a once in

a generation type event for much of america, a white christmas, but the coldest one, it's been in for decades. patty call hain al jazeera and mrs. maggie vesper has more from belvedere, illinois. we're getting down to the 0 hour here in the mid west and out east to get on the road and get to where you want to go for the holiday as this or makes its way east. millions across the mid west and beyond. waking up to blizzard warnings, in fact, 8 states and counting now under blizzard warnings from montana and the dakotas out to western new york. also a growing number of governors, including in kentucky, most recently declaring states of emergency, the governor of indiana, hauling in the national guard to help rescue people on the roads just in case they get trapped. this, after we saw examples out west, how bad things could get white out conditions from places 2 days ago in washington also when the dakotas overnight. in denver, they've opened the denver coliseum, that massive arena. welcome and hundreds as a warming shelter,

just in case there are power outages in that region, which is obviously a big concern here in the midwest and out use as well. officials advising people to sign up for emergency alerts as the system makes its way through and just be prepared to hunker down at home, potentially. for days on end. tens of thousands of people are an evacuation centers in malaysia. after heavy monsoon rains caused flooding and large parts of the ne florence louis reports from kelantan state, most people evacuated this village when flood waters started rising earlier this week. the only way to get around now is by boat mohammed yourself and his family. among the few who decided to stay by yeoman's alley by you, it's a bit difficult to move. it's not as comfortable because the relief centers are more crowded and my disability only to depend on someone to help me move around or continue to stay here. as long as it's safe to do so silly that will do a leg with the monsoon season. in malaysia lasts from november to february,

and flooding has become more common. some have modified their homes to deal with the threat mohammed rows. even abraham raised the height of the floors in some rooms by nearly 30 centimeters to keep his belongings dry. but that didn't stop him worrying when water started to rise on monday, the banker, the rain was very heavy and i was concerned because i am in the help bad things got in 2014 that he has flood was one of the worst in living memory. at its height, more than 200000 people were forced from their homes. official say the level of rain fall recorded in some parts of the state on sunday was the highest since 1967. it looks like we're in the middle of a lake. there's water all around us and in some parts it's more than 2 meters deep

. but this was once a paddy field and the rice was harvested before the floods came. the vegetable gardens have been destroyed. no official estimate of the damage the flood waters have caused has yet been released. but when they receive many here will have to slowly replace and rebuild what they've lost. florence li, al jazeera too, but cool. and then state alaysia still had on al jazeera out on bail, the founder of failed crypto currency exchange f t. x awaits trial after his extradition to the united states. ah hello we have yet more snow in the forecast for japan. i'm afraid it does remain

very very winfrey. higg see this massive clap pulling out of the way. couple of weather systems linked into that wind still coming in from a north west direction, pushing that sea effects now into western parts of japan, and there will be plenty of it. so temperature since solar around minus 8 celsius for friday, recovering to minus 2 for saturday. and you can see the snow. yeah. that still keeps on coming. there's more where that came from. sitting across at west side of honshu shelter by the mountains tokyo, not too bad. talk temperature here around 10 degrees celsius. lottie troy, across a good part of china with little on the cool side. getting up to around 18 celsius down across southern parts. as we go on through sunday, meanwhile, for se, asia more driving showers, pushing in on that ne monsoon, the weather has pushed a long way further south. you wouldn't expect it, it is easy. other side of the equator. but that's what happened. western parts of borneo. we'll see some really heavy rain risk of flash flooding over the next

couple of days. and that pushes way up into central parts of the philippines. where my, the to developing system to what i've been cycling, making it's way to southeastern parts of india and much as for lanka. to inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism worldwide had to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity. the shea come out award for translation and international understanding was founded to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged the road and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. lou

ah, you're watching, i'll da 0. a reminder of our top stories this our a severe winter storm has hit the united states. the national weather service is calling at the coldest in for decades. snow and freezing temperatures are disrupting holiday season. travel for millions. russian president vladimir putin has accused a white house of fighting a proxy war, saying the u. s. is using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own. it follows a visit to washington by ukraine's president followed. amir zalinski. fighting continues to rage in buck moved in eastern ukraine. ukrainian forces have held their ground and territory. russia could use to advance on other cities. present. zalinski has accused moscow of turning the city into burnt ruins. the u. s. secretary of state is warning winter and ukraine will be tough. antony blinkin was

giving an end of year address in washington d. c. he says it's crucial the u. s. maintained support for ukrainians. we know that his huff winner lies ahead for ukrainians. as president putin pursues his new strategy of trying to freeze ukrainian men, women, and children. the elderly to death were working with the g 7, another allies and partners to repair, to replace and defend ukraine's energy infrastructure. including bolstering as advanced air defense through pursuit and systems like patriot missile battery, the president, by the nest. yesterday, we are with ukraine for as long as it takes the head of a private russian military company, known as the wagner group, has dismissed a u. s. claim that it's received an armed shipment from north korea, john young to has denied sending any weapons. rosalind jordan has more from washington. the white house did confirm on thursday that tom north korea did sell la weapons to the wagner group of which is essentially a private russian military operation,

acting on behalf of the government in moscow inside of ukraine. the usaa is a very, very angry about this development. there are plants at the un security council to bring the matter up because it does as represent a violation of un security council resolutions involving north korea's behavior on the world stage. as well as out trying to bring up new concerns about the behavior of iran, which has also been providing military support, particularly in the form of drones to our russia as it continues its invasion of ukraine, of the position here at the state department is that tom north korea needs to be held to account, but beyond an extensive us sanctions regime officials here don't want to get into any more specifics about what else could be done to try to curb the behavior of pyongyang in the saw war. an officer in germany's intelligence service has been

arrested on suspicion of spying for russia. german authorities had been warning a potential espionage. dominic cane has the latest news that a member of staff full, the buddhist nahant ainsley federal intelligence service, was arrested, emerged on thursday evening in berlin. but the arrest took place on wednesday. we know that property belonging to this person arrested has been searched as has the property and the offices of a 2nd person, the or forty's investigating this case. so they don't want to go into too much more detail. they want to wait until the attorney general has been able to assemble a case against this particular individual. it is also worth making clear that the federal intelligence services said that his sister, the suspect, has been arrested on suspicion of treason. that it's a state secret that is involved here. and the head of the federal intelligence service has said that in russia,

he believes that germany is dealing with an actor. his words, which has shown that his unscrupulous and prepared to use violence. the person arrested is now in custody, and clearly the authorities are building a case as far as they can. the founder of the failed crypto currency exchange f t x has appeared in a u. s. court. after being extradited from the bahamas on fraud charges. prosecutors accused sam bank min fried of stealing billions and customer funds to cover losses at his hedge fund will be under house arrest while he awaits trial. kristen salumi has more from new york. this is the 1st time that sam, bank, men fried, was formerly charged. in this case, he is facing 8 counts that include money laundering, and fraud, as well as campaign finance violations. he was flown from the bahamas, arrested in the book in the bahamas, where he was living, and a,

his crypto exchange was based at the request of us authorities. us authorities said that because he agreed to extradition and because his own wealth had decreased so much, they agreed that he could be released on bail if his family put up $250000000.00 in security. and as long as he agreed to electronic monitoring of his whereabouts now, sam, bagman fried, said very little in the court house himself. ah, he agreed to those conditions. and that said that he understood that his family would have to forfeit that money if he did not show up for his court appearances. but his attorneys have said in court papers that he wanted to come back to the united states and make his customers whole of a hospital and china's biggest city says half the population of 25000000 could be infected with cobra. 19 by the end of next week, china is seeing

a surgeon cases after the government began eating restrictions this month. following a wave of protests, the shanghai de g ospital has told its staff to prepare for a tragic battle. the world health organization says it's concerned about china. it's calling on beijing to provide more detailed information on the spread of cases . china has imported foreign made coven 19 vaccines for the 1st time. the batch of biotech pfizer jobs from germany will be for use on german nationals. aging has so far insisted on using its own vaccine. lowest 20000 m. around 20000 germans. can our benefits for this, for the time being at the same time, we're trying to ensure that in addition to german citizens and nationals, foreigners, or so called expatriates, can also benefit from such a step. women in afghanistan are protesting against a new policy that benz them from university. it's the latest restriction imposed by the taliban government since it returned to power. last year. fenton monahan has

more. ah, these protest her say they're being punished for wanting an education. has their, their demand is simple. a woman's right to go to university. but they say open defiance of the taliban government is increasingly putting them at risk. so good much you're making more. even the tele been turned out demonstrations into violence . the girls were beaten and ripped. we ran away. some girls were arrested. i don't know what will happen. on tuesday, the taliban band, women from higher education, blocked from entering campus. students are coming to terms with a very different future than the one they imagined. welcome to maybe more because it's training center, as i hope. why can we girls to we were full of hope and came here to line. it is really a pity the tell them and i've taken all our hopes in the fall of all my then the taliban came to day,

they beat us and kicked us out of the training center and said that you no longer had the right to study the more we are in a very bad situation. the girls here, they've lost their spirit. the government says women's faculties weren't following their interpretation of his law make law. it said the policy was an internal matter and warrant foreign powers not to interfere. well, about the move has been widely condemned. below you and global education envoy gordon brown said the world can't stay silent in the face of discrimination. who, yes, turkey is foreign minister said the band with all his logic and inhumane taliban has imposed growing restrictions on women's freedoms since they return to power in 2021. despite the risk of reprisals. some are still pushing back warning that the potential of a generation could be lost since money in al jazeera, israel's new government is shaping up to be the most right wing in the nation's

history. prime minister benjamin netanyahu secured a last minute deal to form a coalition on wednesday. the agreement follows weeks of negotiations with religious and far right partners at yahoo alliance, one last month's election, which was israel's 5th in 4 years. but you take a look at who will be in the new government. as l. l. a small trip will be finance minister. he's a big supporter of israeli settlements and occupied palestinian territories, which are illegal under international law is far right religious zionism group will also get a post in the defense ministry. it's more been via another alter nationalist leader, will be national security minister. he was convicted of incitement to racism in 2007, avi miles, a religious nationalist known for anti l g b t q views will have a deputy ministerial post with responsibilities over educations. that's in the o. himself is still on trial for charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust. he's always maintained his innocence. i'll just hear

a senior political analyst. matawan shudder has more. here you have 4 of the stars of this government, right? you have one guy who was convicted and served prison sentence for tax evasion and other such felonies. and now he's gone. probably wouldn't be minister of finance. you have another guy who was barred bards from serving him. these really military, i know it's early, mid thirty's, known for a lot of crimes. he was born from vivid men. now he will be the minister of national security. you have this other guy who was in favor of segregation segregation between jews and palestinians. and now he is going to be in charge of civil administration and occupy territories. and you have the prime minister himself, who was indicted on corruption fraud and other charges. and now he is will be serving a 5th them as prime minister. so you have this coalition, this marriage of convenience between

a bunch of corrupt people who the israeli judiciary itself has convicted, has invited. and yet now they would be the rulers that ultimate, the rules of israel. and they will be transforming that judiciary within israel in a way that they will be in control of that judicial process. that's not a democracy. police in fiji, have called in the military to help maintain law and order after last week's inconclusive general election. the police commissioner says he's concerned there could be racial violence between the indigenous majority and the ethnic indian minority. parliament still hasn't been recalled so that there can be a vote on a new prime minister. a coalition of 3 parties have a combined majority and have agreed on the city of any rom, booker as prime minister, but incumbent frank by any mamma has not conceded defeat, with rising costs and increasingly constrained government spending. public services in the u. k. or under intense pressure the health sector is getting much of the attention, but education is also feeling the strain or a challenge has been to

a primary school in london to see their unusual solution for a funding crisis. ah . my, the children of barn croft primary school be heading the musical st. autumn. ah, kids on vocals, parents handling video and editing with this cover of an eighties pop classic. he or the voice by john farnham, they're shooting for that most hallowed of british traditions. topping the charts with christmas, number one single. ah not for 14, you're fine though. they're much more modest aim is to keep their school lights on and their teachers employed. ah, i've been

a teacher since the late ninety's. ah, this is the worst i've ever known. it bon crosshead says the school is in a huge financial black hole and it's not alone. it's absolutely country light. and i think if you spoke to any had teacher in the country, they would say that and their school has been really badly hit by this earlier in the year, teachers wages went up box. the government did not give schools the money to pay for this, leaving them with serious budget deficits. bancroft hopes they can raise enough money to buy solar panels for the roof. cutting soaring energy bills might mean the school won't have to make staff redundancy in a year or 2, the teaching assistants that vulnerable and special needs children rely on for support. despite having fun with the video, the situation has left parents despondent. i'm really and you know, our children, they, they, you know, we say like, our children are the future really we need to invest in them. it's a bigger home is affecting schools everywhere and, and if it's very,

very ring for the future of education in the whole country, you're the voicemail trying on this data, making noise in may kick me. ah, remember things in my dad. he runs into everyday lima layer, any patches once. and then i basically knew just what i gave you said he got them and i was it. and he knew an old one practice a christmas number one would of course be a fantastic present for the kids and the parents of disco. but a better one would be the funding they need. indeed, the funding that every cash strapped school across this country needs and isn't receiving at the moment. breach highlands al jazeera london, a camera has recorded a meteor zooming across the night sky in the us state of alaska. video from the doorbell camera shows the moment that a large fireball brightened the sky early on wednesday morning. the.